Re: CVS commit: src/usr.sbin/rtsold

[Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 25 May 2013, Robert Elz wrote:

>    Date:        Fri, 24 May 2013 16:47:08 +0000
>    From:        David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%NetBSD.org@localhost>
>    Message-ID:  <20130524164708.GA108%netbsd.org@localhost>
>
>  |  : -The default interval for router advertisements, which is on the order of 
> 10
>  |  : +The default interval for router advertisements, which is in the order of 
> 10
>  |
>  | ...it should be "on"
>
> Actually, I think it should be "of".
>
> "in" when it relates to orders would be used for the kind of order where
> a follows b follows c - those are in the order of ...
>
> "on" when it relates to orders would refer to something that is written,
> and there may be a note, on the order, that X should be added, or ...
>
> "of" when it relates to orders comes to comparisons, and is the variant
> that is meant here, it means "approximately 10 minutes", or "of the order
> of 10 minutes".

In US English, it would be "on the order of" which means "around" or
"about". In fact, can't we just replace it with one of those?

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